<![CDATA[After years of spreading fear uncertainty and doubt about Electric Vehicles the media are having to walk back those lies one by one.]]>After years of spreading fear uncertainty and doubt about Electric Vehicles the media are having to walk back those lies one by one. The latest subject is batteries: Remember how the media seeded and constantly reinforced the lie that your EV’s battery would need to be expensively replaced after 2-3 years? Now that lie is untenable the only option is to splash the new story that they’re not wearing out. But notice the framing: Their part in the belief is absent. It’s just a huge surprise.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/9033a845-0ad8-4f2c-99a6-fc4fa115b5ee/after-years-of-spreading-fear-uncertainty-and-doubt-about-electric-vehicles-the-media-are-having-to-walk-back-those-lies-one-by-one.RSS for NodeFri, 17 Jul 2026 00:15:12 GMTMon, 13 Jul 2026 14:18:31 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to After years of spreading fear uncertainty and doubt about Electric Vehicles the media are having to walk back those lies one by one. on Tue, 14 Jul 2026 05:34:50 GMT]]>@afewbugs @christineburns Yeah, there have been the occasional reports on 'electric bus fires' in the UK, despite the fact that diesel bus fires are 8 times more common, but only reported as 'bus fires'.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/UkeleleEric/statuses/116916701786079887https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/UkeleleEric/statuses/116916701786079887Tue, 14 Jul 2026 05:34:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of spreading fear uncertainty and doubt about Electric Vehicles the media are having to walk back those lies one by one. on Tue, 14 Jul 2026 05:15:43 GMT]]>@christineburns I think they've moved on to "they catch fire and so do solar panels"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/afewbugs/statuses/116916626642152423https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/afewbugs/statuses/116916626642152423Tue, 14 Jul 2026 05:15:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of spreading fear uncertainty and doubt about Electric Vehicles the media are having to walk back those lies one by one. on Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:52:51 GMT]]>@christineburns Used Chevy Bolts are under $10k on Edmunds right now. After 8-9 years and 100k miles, they can still go well over 200 miles on a single charge. In another 2-3 years they will sell for $5k, and will still be able to go 200+ miles, at which point I think the market for used gas cars will just collapse.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.circle.lt/users/dmitry/statuses/116915121158793718https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.circle.lt/users/dmitry/statuses/116915121158793718Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:52:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of spreading fear uncertainty and doubt about Electric Vehicles the media are having to walk back those lies one by one. on Mon, 13 Jul 2026 19:21:55 GMT]]>@christineburns

My 8 year old Leaf charges to 150-160 miles, and that's real range.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/grayface_ghost/statuses/116914291701639258https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/grayface_ghost/statuses/116914291701639258Mon, 13 Jul 2026 19:21:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of spreading fear uncertainty and doubt about Electric Vehicles the media are having to walk back those lies one by one. on Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:43:04 GMT]]>@connynasch @christineburns Indeed!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digitalcourage.social/users/chikl/statuses/116914138935212706https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digitalcourage.social/users/chikl/statuses/116914138935212706Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:43:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of spreading fear uncertainty and doubt about Electric Vehicles the media are having to walk back those lies one by one. on Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:45:01 GMT]]>@christineburns unlike other lie this one at least had a legitimate base (that battery go bad after some time), but automaker could have released their estimation of replacement time... witch they not all have done sadly.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/ap/users/116878464621618521/statuses/116913910683952300https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/ap/users/116878464621618521/statuses/116913910683952300Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:45:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of spreading fear uncertainty and doubt about Electric Vehicles the media are having to walk back those lies one by one. on Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:41:39 GMT]]>@connynasch @christineburns
Howcome you don't wanna support the fascist car? 🙃

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/RnDanger/statuses/116913897436172017https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/RnDanger/statuses/116913897436172017Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:41:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of spreading fear uncertainty and doubt about Electric Vehicles the media are having to walk back those lies one by one. on Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:24:41 GMT]]>@christineburns

Back when the automobile was coming in to take the place of horses, the people who made a living at cleaning up horse shit were mighty mad too.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/LaNaehForaday/statuses/116913830705750421https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/LaNaehForaday/statuses/116913830705750421Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:24:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of spreading fear uncertainty and doubt about Electric Vehicles the media are having to walk back those lies one by one. on Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:40:59 GMT]]>@christineburns will boost anything - just not something with Tesla 🤨

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/connynasch/statuses/116913422985799190https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/connynasch/statuses/116913422985799190Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:40:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of spreading fear uncertainty and doubt about Electric Vehicles the media are having to walk back those lies one by one. on Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:32:37 GMT]]>@christineburns yep, ours has 166K miles on it, still within a couple of miles of original range.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.tetaneutral.net/users/donty/statuses/116913154150260437https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.tetaneutral.net/users/donty/statuses/116913154150260437Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:32:37 GMT